Latest Satellite, Rocket & Debris Images

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                     Displayed are latest images taken of satellites and rocket bodies,

                      including objects from recent launches until launches deep into

                                                    the history of Spaceflight.

                       Amazing observation of Space Debris (double-click for full-view)

Progress M-14M rocket (SL-4 R/B) 1 day after launch, Jan 27, 2012:

Stranded Marsprobe Phobos-Grunt 82 deg North pass, December 28, 2011:

http://img840.imageshack.us/img840/4937/phobosgrunt201112283set.jpg very good image

http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/5123/phobosgrunt20111228colo.jpg 

Stranded Marsprobe Phobos-Grunt,(first high res images), Nov 29, 2011:

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Röntgen Satellite ROSAT, 9 days before predicted reentry, Oct 14, 2011: (decayed 2011-10-23)

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Cosmos 1626, ELINT (Tselina-D)spacecraft from 1985, taken June 14, 2011:

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(UARS)Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite, color images, Jul 09 / Sep 11: (decayed 2011-09-24)

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Long March 2C rocket stage (Shijian 11-01 sat); Sept 10, proc. Sept 11:

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FREGAT/IRIS, experimental Fregat Rocket-stage with panels, Sept 10/11

http://freeimagehosting.nl/pics/ecb0dbd98e437bae62a22237d1ea1f05.jpg  new!

Hubble Space Telescope look-a-like USA-129-KH at perigee, Sept 10/11:

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X-ray telescope ROSAT from 1990, one of the final views, june 2, 2011:

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Meteor 1-1, Early Russian weather satellite launched in 1969, june 2, 2011:

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Nanosail-D2, 62 deg north pass, good view shape and attitude, May 24, 2011: (decayed 2011-09-17)

tumbling movies:  http://tinyurl.com/3jt2cyr   /  http://tinyurl.com/3v7u2so 

still image: http://freeimagehosting.nl/pics/af609bda03801f103b7bcdf28b2b3605.jpg 

still image: http://freeimagehosting.nl/pics/4a78c24572e388125bb9bea4bd6e56a4.jpg 

culm-seq:  http://freeimagehosting.nl/pics/6804f0fd2498a765d673f64fc110827c.jpg 

sequence:  http://freeimagehosting.nl/pics/01ad83902c9a4240a738a4e19c3fae97.jpg 

seq movie,(improved version): http://www.uploadgeek.com/image-7354_4E8A15AB.gif new!

seq movie  http://freeimagehosting.nl/pics/16ac04afc7c023cd3ddddcc7ece744fb.gif 

image-set: http://freeimagehosting.nl/pics/91fd8a09c3fd429e3d6e77d8a1a4e503.jpg 

Nanosail-D2,  naked-eye pass,  May 22,  2011, images and animation: 

flashing and tumbling GIF animations (time span 3 sec and 5 sec):

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Seeing and colors of Sail GIF animation (within 1 sec):

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Nanosail-D2,  First Solar Sail in orbit, April 24, 2011:

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ERBS satellite deployed by Space Shuttle Challenger STS-41G in 1984:

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European Remote-sensing Satellite no. 2 (ERS-2), Aug 24, 2010:

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Okean 01-7 (long-shaped) remote-sensing satellite, August 24, 2010:

http://img837.imageshack.us/img837/6052/okean14100824232314set3.jpg  

http://img830.imageshack.us/img830/436/cosmos1005rocket1008212.jpg 

Lacrosse 4 spacecraft observations, single & stack, Aug 01, 2010:

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Lacrosse 2 spacecraft observations, color & grayscale, June 27, 2010:

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tumbling observations of low orbiting Soyuz Rocket bodies:

               http://www.startje.be/vieuw.php?qid=357810   (webpage)

Terra (EOS AM-1) scientific research satellite, July 18, 2010:

http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/7941/terra100718233458t.jpg 

http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/8343/cosmos2369r100706003207.jpg  

R-7 / SS-6 Sapwood Rocket part (Cosmos 1222), July 2, 2010:

http://img685.imageshack.us/img685/2817/cosmos1222r100703t.jpg 

USA-161 KH satellite,(Hubble look-alike) May 23, 2010:

http://freeimagehosting.nl/pics/a9acff8c0b7f3016867ce28bf6af4dde.jpg 

flare of USA-161 KH satellite, short movie, May 23, 2010:

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Japanese H2A Rocket orbital stage (IGS-5), May 4, 2010:

http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/4153/igs5h2ar1005042306.jpg

Chinese Yaogan 6 Long March Rocket, April 30, 2010:

http://img852.imageshack.us/img852/923/yaogan6lm100430233132se.jpg

Japanese ALOS spacecraft, long distance April 30 , 2010:

http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/4874/o100430a1.jpg

main remnant Cosmos 2421, disintegrated satellite, April 5, 2010:

http://www.startje.be/vieuw.php?qid=350044  (decayed 2010-08-19)

Main page:    http://ralfvandebergh.startje.be/vieuw.php?qid=303316